Solar for Renters Program

Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum (TAM) is taking a strong stand to help mitigate the effects of climate change in Southern California with our Solar For the 99% program, which helps RENTERS get solar! Up till now, getting solar has mainly been available only to those who are fortunate enough to own their own homes. But now, TAM has partnered with American Solar Power and Solar Verified to make solar available to renters too. Now just about any renter who lives in Southern California Edison’s service area can go solar — all for free — plus you’ll get a check for $250!

Go Solar – Reduce your SCE bills and get $250

This program works by creating a benefit the renter, landlord, and TAM by putting the entire process online which enables us to obtain below-market pricing for high quality equipment.

RENTERS – Can reduce their SCE bills to the minimum charge of $10/month for up to three years PLUS get a check for $250!

LANDLORDS – Can get solar installed on their property at $0 cost to them. The solar loan is secured through property tax assessment, which doesn’t require a credit score and doesn’t affect the landlord’s borrowing capabilities (it doesn’t tie up their credit). For approximately the first three years, the loan payments would be covered by the federal tax credit paid to the landlord (the landlord must owe some federal taxes in order to receive this tax credit). After that, if you are still living there, you would agree to pay additional rent to cover the amount of the solar loan payment, which in most cases should still be less than you were paying to SCE before solar was installed.

TAM – We take a small portion of the proceeds from the sale of solar systems to fund our STEM-based after school program, museum and flight school, which helps students from low and middle-income families realize their dreams of flight.

Do I qualify?

Currently, this program is open to renters who are served by Southern California Edison, and who live in single family residences or multi-family residences with 4 units or less.

What are the advantages of going solar through TAM instead of directly with a solar installer?

When you go solar through our program, your landlord automatically gets our pre-negotiated below-market pricing, and we are set up to coordinate installations on rental properties. Your installation is still being done by a highly reputable installer (American Solar Power) who has done thousands of installations and has been in business for nearly 10 years. In other words, we reduce the cost and make the process of going solar easier.

Fast and Accurate Sizing for Maximum Savings

Unlike the typical process for getting solar, we do everything online and over the phone. To do this accurately and be able to offer our Savings Guarantee, we start by collecting your last 12 months of usage from SCE, broken out hour-by-hour. We then calculate the least amount of solar needed reduce your SCE bill to the minimum $10/month — for as long as possible. If you increase your usage after getting solar – no problem. Your SCE bill will go up slightly to reflect that increased usage.

Get Started Here – Never an Obligation – Your Info Will Never Be Sold or Shared

Aren’t you curious to find out how much you can save by getting solar installed? Upload your SCE bill to find out. Or, just send us a picture of the first page of your SCE bill to 805-267-9583.

What You’ll Receive by Email

After we receive your data, you’ll get an email with results that look like this:

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